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uf0liim w^u^mmk vol 2 third series salisbury n c monday may 27 1867 xo 21 whole xo 1764 teem8 wikki.v 1 yritr f.'l "" t months ' 60 c.n in iiili'iiiiei rates of advertising 0m square spsoa ol 13 lines first insertion ll on " 3d 3d i i til insertion ssob , r <<) " for inl it iiiiin mil pul lu tin ii j t?&j the following extracts nro ta ken from general d ii hill's cditos rials published in iho , i tine no of his magazine tlio lund we l.ovo wo aro sorry to .,â€¢,â€¢ tlmt our northern detnoeratio exohangei aro ridiculing the boquistlo ' of kim ii america iu soil c li imtio uiui productions it ih a favored region thu sod presents an earth i jt ap pearance during tut few weeks in which it can be seen when the covering nf snow has been removed tho climate is so healthful that oven dyspeptics learn not in.'iel v to oat candles and drink blub bei oil bul positively enjoy tbe repast the productions consist in walruses po lar heirs and a largo variety of extinct species of itirb ai ing animals tho poa lar bears constitute to our mind the groat attraction wo have the elephant in dixie llo was run through llio block ide during tho war quite a calfliug then ; but he bus grown to huge propors tions since tho surrender i'eace has agreed with linn as it i us with a large number of yonngmen who had snob d - trussing coughs from 61 to 86 wo have the elephant and wu havo tho grand and lofty tumblers who can throw the neatest ami most admirable someisaults in the shortest conceivable time all that we need no w is a goodly number ol polar bears and wu then can start the most successful circus 00 the continent our tumblers may object to tho point beura on account of iheir color but since the animals are f northern orign that may reconcile tho d.tliculty ; since thei aro now professing tlio tenderust ntta b ment to the sect in thoy nee professed to hate a few in iiths association ol the animals with litem will remove the objection on the bcoro of color nothi ing can r main white with them long tho sunday mercury ofph ludulpbis speaking of the acquisition of tin ter ritory says : mr sewanl has attempted to iuiiwe tho slaveholders jeftet son and va boun--in tho acquisition nf territory nnd ptu nts us with nn adu irnblu illus t rat i.n nf southern vs northern states in an ship mr jefferson annexe i tl lien t ire western bunk t tho m ssissippi front its lie nth to its source including even oregon and now divided into seven sov ereign states the greatest nnd most for td in the union mid nil tins for three in illi ms ot dollars i mr calhoun an nexed texas new mexico utah and california with their ciintless gold des pite tlio etf.rts of abo lincoln it co though this very gold enabled the said lincoln v co to overrun nml devus ate the south massachusetts opposed tho annexation of louisiana ami her deioga es in con gress declared it sufficient cause to dis 1 solve the union and she of course op ! posed the acquis t on of tex is and cali ! lorniii with equal seal with these grand precedents before him mr seward buys not annexe tbe rum au trading stations on the northwest ooast and gives about t twelve miilvtib for vein 1 what value ' there can bo in th.ao trad ng stations where tho animals are nearly extinct ( and british traders have an equal tight 1 , to bunt there and their territories lie be l tween it is tlillicult to conjecture unless | the north west passage is someday l made practicable when perhaps they , may be used as files for light-houses hut this contrast between jefferson aud seward is more than accidental and , illustrates perfectly the opposing tendon , eies of southern and northern states manshipâ€”the fo mer to a rich and glo rious civilisation s . nth ward an i the lat , tor to very nothingness north wsrd | ( owing to our sympathy with the gen tlomaii of tho circus we do not end ise . tho regrets expressed above besides when llio democrats come into power again these 1111111 lers will either make 11 somersault back or thoy will desire a more oongonial ciitnate than dixie iv tho first case they will loudly declare that they always knew that the kadi cala would rum tho country and involve j it in unspeakable misery in tho sec ond case wo would cordially recommend the salubrity of russian america and i would wish them a s.ito aud prosperous journey northward in looking over n recent nutiibor of the bavannab georgia mews wo were struck wilh an nrtielo so painfully dis loyal that wo were at first grieved at ! tbo want of vigilance in the commander of district no 111 however ou ox iiitiining the piece more carefully we discoveiotl that it was an exirael from u apeech delivered in september ls.is in the loyal town of charleston and in the loyal state of illinois tho nniiie ap ponded to it too would set in to endorse its loyalty then but wo doubt whether it woi do so no 0 : 1 will bay that i am not nor ovor havo boon in favor of making vt lers or jurors of negroes nor of qualifying thoin 1 1 hob oliice nor to inter marry with i whito people and 1 will say in additioo } ) to this tlmt there ia a physical difference , between thu whito and tho black race which i hcliovo will forovcr forbid tho two rncoa living together on tor-na of so , ciul anil political equality * * i na i much in tiny other man am in fuvnr ,,!' i lnivitii tho superior hiti,>ti assigned t â€¢ the white nice aiiiiauam lufoolm in speaking of tbe flight of the isrn.l itesfrom egypt mr stevens says inl ' be god advise them to tnko no remu neration for their yours of labor no l.o understood too w.ill what was due to jiibtico ilo commanded tho men and women to borrow from thoir confiding neighbors je well of silver and jewels of gold and raiments they obeyed bim ain|)ly nnd spoiled the egyptians and went forth full handed there wua no blasphemer then to god's decroo of oon flsoation this doctrine then was not latanio lio who pu-stious it now will be ii blasphemer whom god will bring to judgment we would bo surprised at a scrip ture quotation from this gentleman had wo not rend how another individual wan free in tbo use of biblical phrases at the time of tbo temptation of our saviour in tho wilderneaa hut why did the gen tleman's biblical reading stop ut the spoiling of iho egyptians why did ho not no on and ntul bow these same jewels of silver nnd jewels of gold were east into tho tire nn i transformed into a molten calf which tho besotted freed men fell down and worshipped ? does he wibb the spoiling v go on tlmt b may have e similar statute in memorlaml wo havo no fears that mr stevena scheme of spoliation will over bo can riod out wo have the bigbest possihle guarantee against it â€” honor nf the aim finin soldier a pledge was giva on by tho unite 1 states army to their prisoners of war that tbey should not be disturbed in person or property so long na thev obeyed tin laws of tliu country this pledg will be lid ...-â– '/â– ./. gen grant has shown in the case of admiral semmea and of gpnorals hoke and 1'iekett that h regards the leriiis of tin surrender as binding upon his consci ence and his honor we would not be guilty of tlie meanness lo suppose that the men whe fought us bravely would art now in bud faith the rev mr brownlow's torch imi turpentine brig j ii ie i iiii impossible thing the bum , mors who might have joined it have either boon hanged belore this or are i in iv bbut up iii penitentiaries and prim ; onu ho might organise a squad out of the old yankee haters und neogro traders f the smith now loyal union men from tlie beginning bnt wo would fain believe that it would be but a squad at a recent firo in a female 01,11020 of ntir own town of charlotte the moat ac tive persons in extinguishing it woro united slates soldiers we believe thut the siiuie spirit to save ami not destroy actuates all who havo been lighting sol diers the politicians who safe in the rear houuden on tbo fray may talk and ' net as bitterly as thev please the men ,, who have tested each others manhood j in many a hard struggle will act fairly souarly and honorably bv each other â€” | wo would be ashamed of our american origin if wo could believe otherwise tlie poor frightened creatures who through fear ot confiscation are turning bomersaolts nnd stultifying their previ ous history do thereby cast a gross in i milt upon tho honor of tlio soldiers ol itho union wo scorn to tnako bucii cov ert insinuations against our lato ene mies tbo mobile times of may 2d con tain an account of a most diabolical out raite committed hy negroa at three fork on dog river in tbatstato a nogro named ketchnm called in the evening nt the houso of mr peters en quiring of the linn la as to their num j ber and whether there were any ilogs in the place that night four negroes ap peared and tlie doors and windows be ing unbarred they at onco rushed upon tho family demanding their money or their lives after ransacking drawers chests c they laid violent hands on mrs peters and took from her person 1,300 part in i'l thev then coin j mencod to overhaul the entire house robi liing it of provisions iiiont flour i&c this accomplished tho hideous fiends then proceeded to gratify their pssbions upon tho threo children of tho family the oldest girl being but twelves yours and the youngest seven were nil treated alike the knife bavin been brought in to requisition to aid their hellish lust â€” tlie miserable victims were passed from the arms of one fiend to another while tho last seized tho unfortunate mother tho lather shot at three times knocked into a corner with a cocked pistol point edathis breast was made the terrified witness of tho disgrace nf his family one of tho little f-'irls was dashed against tho wall and the little boys hung by tlio bonis anil kicked until insensible al'lor four hours lively in blood nnd plunder tho lien is retreated to the swamps tho freedman'a bureau sent medical aid and assistance to iho family and dispatchod ollicors to traco up tho perpetrators of tlm out rns 1 the ants of africa tuesday jviiniti last m on clia illn delivered at the cooper institute i new york the first of a series ol 1 lectures on equatorial africa thu scene of liis late explorations a tnong many curious things related by him tlm following will strike tlio rea , der as very remarkable : this evening time forbids that i should speak al any length ofthe na tural history of lhe country in these equatorial forests there are found a vast number of ants some of whicli ore so terrible to inini and even to the beasts of the woods from their venomous bite their fierce temper and voracity that their path is freely abandoned to them the most re markable and most dreaded of all is the black bashikony bashikony is the name given it by the hakalai â€” there are two other varieties ofthe baehikony besides the black kind tiiese black bashikonay may be well ; called the lords of the forest it is the most voracious creature i ever . met it is the dread of all living an imals from the leopard to the small est insects it is iheir habit to march through the forests in a long regular , line a line about two inches broad ami often several miles in length ; all i along this line are larger ants who â– act as officers â€” stand outside the ' ranks and keep this singular army in order if they come to a place , where there are no trees to shelter them from the sun whose heat they i cannot bear thev immediately build i an underground tunnel through u which the whole army pass in col r , limns to the forest beyond when i thev grow hungry as by n sudden ' t command the long file spreads itself , through the forest advancing for-i ward attacking and devouring all ' living things with a fury that is quite ' irresistible the elephant ana the l j gorilla llv before them the black u men run away every animal that it ! lives in then line of march is chased t in an incredibly short spate of time i thos that are caught are art rirtitlm * i 1 rd killed eaten and only the hare skeleton remains thev seem to ( i travel day and night many a time i i have been wakened out of a sleep t and obliged to rush into the water to ' save myself from them when they enter a house ihey clear it of every , living thing cockroaches are de : ivoured in an instant rats aiid mice . spring around tlie room in vain i they will touch vegetable matter ii thus they are very useful clearing ! ' the country of many insects when j on their inarch the insect world hies before them and i have often had i ' the approach of a bashikony army i heralded to me by this means u wherever they go ihey make a clean i l sweep even ascending to the top of ! trees in pursuit of their prey their i manner of attack is an impetuous , leap instantly ihe strong pincers are fastened and thev only let go i when the piece gives way at such | ' a tune this little insect seems anima j led by a kind of fury which causes 1 it to disregard entirely its own safety â€¢ j the negroes relate that criminals by 1 which they generally mean wizards â€¢ have sometimes been exposed on the 1 path of the bashikonay ants tied to ! a tree so ihey might not escape ami then were devoured to the bones â€” thev are larger than any ants we have in america the number of one of their armies is so great that ' one does not like to enter into cal culations but i have seen a continu ous line passing at a good speed a particular place for twelve hours so you may imagine how many mil lions there may have been â€” oo a dry goods firm in st louis mn bought a large stock of goods in is vork and boston on four months time shipped to diflerent points ami put them under the hammer for cash and ihen closed doors thoir cred itors are after them with a sharp in strument and ought to catch them â€¢ â€¢â™¦. . his denied that the fenian cause 1ms been abandoned entirely in ireland ivorsotijtbe former senator from qeor gin is keeping a wood yard at macon ejioonfederate general basil duke is a newspaper nanvnsser in tennessee ( disagreeable women it is n mistaken kindness to proclaim all women beautiful and virtuous and a young gentleman starting in life with bucii n faith would aoon find of what clay hit idols were made wo are not now going over tho old cynical ground well nigh worn out by thia time hut we propose to glnnco at what uppeurs to ua to be un almost unknown district whut ! part in the world hits the disagreeable woman to play ? is it to punish some masculine sinner by acquiring him in marriage is it to act off her fairer and worthier sisters ? is it to bo ft talking and a standing protest against the angel ic theory of womanhood the disa greeable woman haunts even sphere of society she is not necessarily ugly â€” i up to a certuitt period she tuny not ex hihit the trnites of her disposition she | may rcaemblo tho tiger kitten tvhose : cliui'b nro not grown nnd whose habits ate attractive and playful hut her na j turc soon breaks out if she man ies the , victim soon gets a foretaste of his misery if the husband is well off the disagree i able woman can ulteily destroy his do . inesiic comforts she studies how to do it and brings a born capacity to ' the task she dislikes what ho likes c she won't visit the friends be wishes ' her to visit or if sho does she main " ages to insult them she is never ready to go out when he wants her but she is olf with a checiful readiness when he would prefer her to remain at home it is simply her mission to be disagree g able and disagreeable she will be until ,, perhaps her spouse has the melancholy c satisfaction of following her mortal re mains to the grave hut in nine cases out of ten tho disagreeable woman manages to disappoint him in this respect und enjoys the mournful pleasure of erecliug a a tablet sacred to bis memory n iu that walk of lifo where a carriage " i6 not kept the disugrceahle woman is r ' indeed a scourge if her husband ia a " gentlonien and suffers her to follow her . wicked bent his days and his nights are a burden to him she talks aside ut bim | in the presence of company at break fast she sold tn appears for your truly disagreeable woman is addicted to lying in hed if he is poor she is extravagant vet always deploring the want of money as a rule she grows thin as she grows â€ž old the aristocratic species often gen i erale into angularity and spectacles â€” those who have been tnkon down to ( dinner by a disagreeable woman for to speak of taking her down would be a very inefficient description of the pro cedure.i and who have been compelled to sit next her and to hear her talk wid t not easily forget the suffering they have t endured but those who have had her i for supper â€” and we all have had at one time or another â€” will remember the oc Â° casion with something akin to horror she missees the step in a waltz and l rocks against yon and then stops abrupt l ly and sails over to an ottoman with an \ indignnnt and mortified air or if she is able to keep up she will insist on wheel j ing with you ronud and lound long af , ter you havo left your senses on an tin r known part of the waltz aud seem to \ yourself to be looking for them in a reel a ing and uncertain manner the disa s greeablo woman ia never happier than Â« when rendering others unhappy eepeci ally those who are among her friends â€” c la the festive season she is sure to spoil s sport and what she does on the greeti lawn she will do years afterwards per haps on the dry arid desert into whicli she has converted come unfortunate mau's home if a real virtuous wife i6 a crown of glory toher husband what sort of a oiown is tho wife who has if c not a depraved a peevish sense which l she cultivates until she can use it with the skill of a vivisecting operator the disagreeable woman never flirts to 8 flirt she should deny herself for a while c at least the delight of her being unpleas ant attd such a sacrifice she is never prepared to make in the bosom ot her family as it is called sho is a sore thorn a when she loaves the parent nest she is v not improved . a colored witness was examined in a f washington city court to prove the idett 1 t it v of a white man tho other day a district attorney did you see the f until !" yes sir i seed him i f was be ft white man ?" ' don't know sir !" district attorney do yon tell me - you snw tbe man and can't say whether he was white or black '." | yes sir 1 sped bim but dares so â– j many white fellers oallin dembelvea niggers round here i can't tell one from < lod'er i , , witness dismissed explanation batiss â€¢ factory as good as wheat unbies resemble wheal in many respects firstly neither arc g"otl for much till they arrive at ma , turity ; secondly â€” both are bred in the l house nnd also the flower of the family i ! thirdly both havo tube oradled fourth . y â€” both arc generaly well thrashed be fore tbey tire done with . hon a 0 hunt bus been appointed governor of colorado territory vice t ; i'uiiiminga resigned news of the day . from washington waihlngton may 10 a ksir fur southern i relief was in progress during the past week witl a irofil of beiweon t lire and four thousand j dollars llevenuo receipts yesterday fouo.ooo ami for 1 ibe week 5no,000 tbe week's dinburssipentb of tho war i j partition are 44*5,000 of the navy 811,000 oflhe interior f*0.000 tbe national bank circulation is ijejos 050,000 chief justice chase will preside st tbe cir cuit court of north carolina commencing june 6 chief justice chase bss nominated rsgittci ' in bankruptcy for louisiana ami uaorgia bul j as ilm nominations rtuuire eunll nation by the district judges the names am withheld he has instructed the district judges lhat in case local objections exist lo lhe nominees to rajecl tlie 11 tie sickles has been brevctpil mÂ«j general in the regular army for gulantrv at i meritorious services the l'resideitt lias recognized joseph muguste hughes i'.iileoiu as cousular agent ol france at mobile the delay in the attorney general's instruc tions regarding the military bills has l n oc casioned by the reception of very tunny letters from lite south pointing out cases liable to be affected and asking for advice and information it is the object of the administration lo cover the whole ground and al every step new issues and perplexing tjuestions have arisen il is now thought that the work is complete a private letter from a high officer in gen j siekles district ssys : ah is quiet in this do 1 main no riots bul tranquility order and con cord prevail distinguished persons in richmond richmond may 10 â€” generals iranl thom as and dent arrived here yesterday from wash ingtou and lisiled lhe bailie fields around rich nn nd they go to fortress monroe to-mor row wlieie general grant will leave his family und return lo l astingtot hon mr randall gen patterson of phila delphia and a party of twemy from tlie same city arrived here lo-day from a tour through the iniii ral region of southwestern virginia oo foreign news london may 19 p rn â€” the turks claim a great victory over the cretans in the recent i balllees paris may 10 â€” the corps i.ejislatitt oppose lhe emperoi's proposed army bill o mexican news washington may 10 â€” the mexican minis ter has the following otlicial report of negotia tions between lhe imperialists and liberals da led april 21st yesterday a german princess the wife of one i of maxiunllian's aids presented herself at gen diaz's headquarters she proposed disbauding lhe austrian and b-lgian corps on a guarantee of the lives of its members wilh permission to return home she also solicited a guarantee for â€¢ maximiiliau's life with reference to the 6rsi | point diaz replied that he was disposed to en lertain such proposals but be had no power to pardon maximiliian the report continues that n , thing of note is occurring during to-day â€” i we have occasional change of shots on lhe arrival of our mortars should lhe city nol hare surrendeied we shall open our bateries upon it and pu-li hostilities ligorously another report signed by gen benaridii commanding before vera cruz dated april 26 savs lhat the austrian aud belgian corps has disbanded and is now uuder the protection of the prussian ting h southern relief new vork may 10 theclerks in the post ; office have given six hundred and fifty dollars to the ladies soulhern relief association â€” -Â»â€¢â™¦- washington may ig â€” f.lliott c cowdin a silk merchant of new york has been appointed commissioner lo the paris exposition custom house receipts from the 1st to 1 1 tli i of may were 5 117,000 in the supreme courl in lhe case of tbe slale of texas is white and others to prevent the ale of certain bonds an injunction was granted i with leave to lhe defendants to inoie to dissolve ' lhe injunction al lhe next term the mississippi amended bill was dism --- : fur want of jurisdiction the court was equal ly divided tn the question of jurisdiction i bis action closes tbe injunction proceedings now be fore the curt after promulgating certaio rules forms sod proceeding in bankruptcy the court adjourned to decern tier the french government has bought duodar burg for thee millions revenue receipts to-day 1296,000 a cnctilar from gen howard stales that re p,.iis sh nv an iocreaseol intemperauc unoog the negroes jos ii s.huremiin a negro m â€” ' _* ' " the comptroller's oliice has bean srrssted cl irged i.ilh forgery and lhe stealing of 12,000 bom the first nan mil hunk of jersey city snd a lot of stationery from the i oliice from ni w york new york may 18 hon jefferson davis slopped at the new york ll 1.1 judgl v-.ll hen wood and others called he avoids at racting pul i .- attention aud declines to com iininieiiie willi reporters abraham mcfarlaod for over twenty years connected with ibe commercial advertiser is dead the teller of the central bank has defaulted for 160,000 his b indimen and v n is make lhe i auk whole electionfor bishop augusta ga may 10 â€” the florida episco pal i onveolion baa cboaes doctor freeman i.'ii ii lt of trinity church new york as linh i op of that slate lo succeed tbe late hishop . rntledge i alore limes new orleans may 16 â€” there was consider able di-.iiirl.ance among the negroes on the l-*v,*e to-day amounting almost to a riot two po noil ner.i badly injused in endeavoring to . revenl tbe npgroei fi nn a in .'.. the rnilit iry ... isordered oui to aid the police the i'ullow ing i-a paragraph from an order issued by iun * mower to-day the united stales government if necessary i : protect you through ibe military bul you will not be protected in wrong-doing at a rnteting in qalveatoo yesterday a na . gro ipealter wai drawing offensive comparisooa between llie races and was inlerupted l,y a^uni t states toldier when indiscriminate shooting commenced a majority of the negroes appear 1 to he arm markets and financial new york may 16 p m â€” colton â€” sales of 1900 hales .-^ ,_ ; il flour dull slale sl ial 4.30 southern mixed to stood sil<l,00.il6 fancy to exlra tl5,20al8 g0 corn mixed western 1,26,81,31 ou t,l7 jai 23 1'iovuions quiet and steady miss fork at 23j kice firm carolina 1h.12j spirits murpenline 02*01 fivestwenty coupons of 62-i109j of 04 1106 of 65 106 new issue 108 tens 1*99 sevens firm series tjloo and others 10 i'.sltimore may 10 colton firmer mid dling uplands 28 cm white l,10al,18 large sales of west ern mixed l,u2al,04 wilmington may 10 â€” cotton sliffer spirits turpentine quiet 52 liosio 3a o,50 liverpool may 10 p m â€” cotton more active estimated sales lo.uuo bales uplands llalli orleans 11 tin mobile riot mobile ala mavl7 â€” a large meeling of citizens whiles and blacks was held last eve r.ing it was addressed by lhe lion alex mc kinsley maj stepue,of the times and others the meetiog was very harmonious the following resolutions were unauiiuuusly adop ted wasbbas at a recent meeting held in this city on lhe night of the 14lh of may there were disiurbances and disorders resulting in the must lamentable consequences ; nnd whereas this meeting is composed of the citizens of mo bile and desires to aunounce to tho people of the country their unqualified disapprobation of and hostility to all such 1 therefore resolved that we deeply deplore the unfor tunate occurrence thai look place al the raid meeting and desire to express in the strongest terms uur disapprobation of them resolved we aro of opinion that thedis turl.anco at the said meeting was wholly un | it-meditated and was lhe result of accidental excitement to which all large bodies are sub ject jtesuleeil in our opinion our people are not disposed lo impede iu any manner the free exercise of speech lo all aud every class of per sons from washington washington may 17 â€” attorney general stiinbery's construction of the reconstruction acts is in the department printing oliice the supreme court during lhe session just closed disposed of iwo hundred cases leaving two hundred and fifty on the locket it is a mailer of comment that the court re cognized texas as a slate ot the union iii grant ing llie injunction against the payment of the indemnity bonds obtained from her during tho !â– be ion the justices who are equally divided on the motion lo amend th mississippi bill were chase wayne nelson clifford swsine miller davis uid field justice crier lelt belore the court acted on tbe motion with lhe dismissal of lhe cases the subpoenas is.-uvd under them fail old school presbyterians cincinnati may 17 â€” the o.d school pres byterian assembly has elected dr p s ourley uf washington moderator two bundled members are present mark ts new vork mhv it m â€” cotton quint 28ja20 r.oid i,77 liverpool mav 17 m â€” cotton firm mid dling upland llj orleans 11 j estimated itstea 19 000 ba ea miaa while oi petersburg an account of whose sbstiosnee r..in i*...k1 tor twsnty-ooe days ihis been heretofore mentioned died ou sat irony ll buprfme court the summer term will commence on the se cond mon.l iv in j one nexl j.'fil iiv v â€” m i nl iy and tuesday will be devoted lo >;-; caols for license csusss on tbo tits circuit will be called second week â€” fifth and second circuits tit ir,l it il knur it u n i sixth " fourth week seventh 3c eighth " fifth week third â– m > senator doolittle aud non sailed by saturday's steamer for st petersburg vx i great bi itain sir hypolite i.i fontaine bart the last barouot ol royal parent in canada died nt his residence in montreal on fri day

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uf0liim w^u^mmk vol 2 third series salisbury n c monday may 27 1867 xo 21 whole xo 1764 teem8 wikki.v 1 yritr f.'l "" t months ' 60 c.n in iiili'iiiiei rates of advertising 0m square spsoa ol 13 lines first insertion ll on " 3d 3d i i til insertion ssob , r <ti assigned t â€¢ the white nice aiiiiauam lufoolm in speaking of tbe flight of the isrn.l itesfrom egypt mr stevens says inl ' be god advise them to tnko no remu neration for their yours of labor no l.o understood too w.ill what was due to jiibtico ilo commanded tho men and women to borrow from thoir confiding neighbors je well of silver and jewels of gold and raiments they obeyed bim ain|)ly nnd spoiled the egyptians and went forth full handed there wua no blasphemer then to god's decroo of oon flsoation this doctrine then was not latanio lio who pu-stious it now will be ii blasphemer whom god will bring to judgment we would bo surprised at a scrip ture quotation from this gentleman had wo not rend how another individual wan free in tbo use of biblical phrases at the time of tbo temptation of our saviour in tho wilderneaa hut why did the gen tleman's biblical reading stop ut the spoiling of iho egyptians why did ho not no on and ntul bow these same jewels of silver nnd jewels of gold were east into tho tire nn i transformed into a molten calf which tho besotted freed men fell down and worshipped ? does he wibb the spoiling v go on tlmt b may have e similar statute in memorlaml wo havo no fears that mr stevena scheme of spoliation will over bo can riod out wo have the bigbest possihle guarantee against it â€” honor nf the aim finin soldier a pledge was giva on by tho unite 1 states army to their prisoners of war that tbey should not be disturbed in person or property so long na thev obeyed tin laws of tliu country this pledg will be lid ...-â– '/â– ./. gen grant has shown in the case of admiral semmea and of gpnorals hoke and 1'iekett that h regards the leriiis of tin surrender as binding upon his consci ence and his honor we would not be guilty of tlie meanness lo suppose that the men whe fought us bravely would art now in bud faith the rev mr brownlow's torch imi turpentine brig j ii ie i iiii impossible thing the bum , mors who might have joined it have either boon hanged belore this or are i in iv bbut up iii penitentiaries and prim ; onu ho might organise a squad out of the old yankee haters und neogro traders f the smith now loyal union men from tlie beginning bnt wo would fain believe that it would be but a squad at a recent firo in a female 01,11020 of ntir own town of charlotte the moat ac tive persons in extinguishing it woro united slates soldiers we believe thut the siiuie spirit to save ami not destroy actuates all who havo been lighting sol diers the politicians who safe in the rear houuden on tbo fray may talk and ' net as bitterly as thev please the men ,, who have tested each others manhood j in many a hard struggle will act fairly souarly and honorably bv each other â€” | wo would be ashamed of our american origin if wo could believe otherwise tlie poor frightened creatures who through fear ot confiscation are turning bomersaolts nnd stultifying their previ ous history do thereby cast a gross in i milt upon tho honor of tlio soldiers ol itho union wo scorn to tnako bucii cov ert insinuations against our lato ene mies tbo mobile times of may 2d con tain an account of a most diabolical out raite committed hy negroa at three fork on dog river in tbatstato a nogro named ketchnm called in the evening nt the houso of mr peters en quiring of the linn la as to their num j ber and whether there were any ilogs in the place that night four negroes ap peared and tlie doors and windows be ing unbarred they at onco rushed upon tho family demanding their money or their lives after ransacking drawers chests c they laid violent hands on mrs peters and took from her person 1,300 part in i'l thev then coin j mencod to overhaul the entire house robi liing it of provisions iiiont flour i&c this accomplished tho hideous fiends then proceeded to gratify their pssbions upon tho threo children of tho family the oldest girl being but twelves yours and the youngest seven were nil treated alike the knife bavin been brought in to requisition to aid their hellish lust â€” tlie miserable victims were passed from the arms of one fiend to another while tho last seized tho unfortunate mother tho lather shot at three times knocked into a corner with a cocked pistol point edathis breast was made the terrified witness of tho disgrace nf his family one of tho little f-'irls was dashed against tho wall and the little boys hung by tlio bonis anil kicked until insensible al'lor four hours lively in blood nnd plunder tho lien is retreated to the swamps tho freedman'a bureau sent medical aid and assistance to iho family and dispatchod ollicors to traco up tho perpetrators of tlm out rns 1 the ants of africa tuesday jviiniti last m on clia illn delivered at the cooper institute i new york the first of a series ol 1 lectures on equatorial africa thu scene of liis late explorations a tnong many curious things related by him tlm following will strike tlio rea , der as very remarkable : this evening time forbids that i should speak al any length ofthe na tural history of lhe country in these equatorial forests there are found a vast number of ants some of whicli ore so terrible to inini and even to the beasts of the woods from their venomous bite their fierce temper and voracity that their path is freely abandoned to them the most re markable and most dreaded of all is the black bashikony bashikony is the name given it by the hakalai â€” there are two other varieties ofthe baehikony besides the black kind tiiese black bashikonay may be well ; called the lords of the forest it is the most voracious creature i ever . met it is the dread of all living an imals from the leopard to the small est insects it is iheir habit to march through the forests in a long regular , line a line about two inches broad ami often several miles in length ; all i along this line are larger ants who â– act as officers â€” stand outside the ' ranks and keep this singular army in order if they come to a place , where there are no trees to shelter them from the sun whose heat they i cannot bear thev immediately build i an underground tunnel through u which the whole army pass in col r , limns to the forest beyond when i thev grow hungry as by n sudden ' t command the long file spreads itself , through the forest advancing for-i ward attacking and devouring all ' living things with a fury that is quite ' irresistible the elephant ana the l j gorilla llv before them the black u men run away every animal that it ! lives in then line of march is chased t in an incredibly short spate of time i thos that are caught are art rirtitlm * i 1 rd killed eaten and only the hare skeleton remains thev seem to ( i travel day and night many a time i i have been wakened out of a sleep t and obliged to rush into the water to ' save myself from them when they enter a house ihey clear it of every , living thing cockroaches are de : ivoured in an instant rats aiid mice . spring around tlie room in vain i they will touch vegetable matter ii thus they are very useful clearing ! ' the country of many insects when j on their inarch the insect world hies before them and i have often had i ' the approach of a bashikony army i heralded to me by this means u wherever they go ihey make a clean i l sweep even ascending to the top of ! trees in pursuit of their prey their i manner of attack is an impetuous , leap instantly ihe strong pincers are fastened and thev only let go i when the piece gives way at such | ' a tune this little insect seems anima j led by a kind of fury which causes 1 it to disregard entirely its own safety â€¢ j the negroes relate that criminals by 1 which they generally mean wizards â€¢ have sometimes been exposed on the 1 path of the bashikonay ants tied to ! a tree so ihey might not escape ami then were devoured to the bones â€” thev are larger than any ants we have in america the number of one of their armies is so great that ' one does not like to enter into cal culations but i have seen a continu ous line passing at a good speed a particular place for twelve hours so you may imagine how many mil lions there may have been â€” oo a dry goods firm in st louis mn bought a large stock of goods in is vork and boston on four months time shipped to diflerent points ami put them under the hammer for cash and ihen closed doors thoir cred itors are after them with a sharp in strument and ought to catch them â€¢ â€¢â™¦. . his denied that the fenian cause 1ms been abandoned entirely in ireland ivorsotijtbe former senator from qeor gin is keeping a wood yard at macon ejioonfederate general basil duke is a newspaper nanvnsser in tennessee ( disagreeable women it is n mistaken kindness to proclaim all women beautiful and virtuous and a young gentleman starting in life with bucii n faith would aoon find of what clay hit idols were made wo are not now going over tho old cynical ground well nigh worn out by thia time hut we propose to glnnco at what uppeurs to ua to be un almost unknown district whut ! part in the world hits the disagreeable woman to play ? is it to punish some masculine sinner by acquiring him in marriage is it to act off her fairer and worthier sisters ? is it to bo ft talking and a standing protest against the angel ic theory of womanhood the disa greeable woman haunts even sphere of society she is not necessarily ugly â€” i up to a certuitt period she tuny not ex hihit the trnites of her disposition she | may rcaemblo tho tiger kitten tvhose : cliui'b nro not grown nnd whose habits ate attractive and playful hut her na j turc soon breaks out if she man ies the , victim soon gets a foretaste of his misery if the husband is well off the disagree i able woman can ulteily destroy his do . inesiic comforts she studies how to do it and brings a born capacity to ' the task she dislikes what ho likes c she won't visit the friends be wishes ' her to visit or if sho does she main " ages to insult them she is never ready to go out when he wants her but she is olf with a checiful readiness when he would prefer her to remain at home it is simply her mission to be disagree g able and disagreeable she will be until ,, perhaps her spouse has the melancholy c satisfaction of following her mortal re mains to the grave hut in nine cases out of ten tho disagreeable woman manages to disappoint him in this respect und enjoys the mournful pleasure of erecliug a a tablet sacred to bis memory n iu that walk of lifo where a carriage " i6 not kept the disugrceahle woman is r ' indeed a scourge if her husband ia a " gentlonien and suffers her to follow her . wicked bent his days and his nights are a burden to him she talks aside ut bim | in the presence of company at break fast she sold tn appears for your truly disagreeable woman is addicted to lying in hed if he is poor she is extravagant vet always deploring the want of money as a rule she grows thin as she grows â€ž old the aristocratic species often gen i erale into angularity and spectacles â€” those who have been tnkon down to ( dinner by a disagreeable woman for to speak of taking her down would be a very inefficient description of the pro cedure.i and who have been compelled to sit next her and to hear her talk wid t not easily forget the suffering they have t endured but those who have had her i for supper â€” and we all have had at one time or another â€” will remember the oc Â° casion with something akin to horror she missees the step in a waltz and l rocks against yon and then stops abrupt l ly and sails over to an ottoman with an \ indignnnt and mortified air or if she is able to keep up she will insist on wheel j ing with you ronud and lound long af , ter you havo left your senses on an tin r known part of the waltz aud seem to \ yourself to be looking for them in a reel a ing and uncertain manner the disa s greeablo woman ia never happier than Â« when rendering others unhappy eepeci ally those who are among her friends â€” c la the festive season she is sure to spoil s sport and what she does on the greeti lawn she will do years afterwards per haps on the dry arid desert into whicli she has converted come unfortunate mau's home if a real virtuous wife i6 a crown of glory toher husband what sort of a oiown is tho wife who has if c not a depraved a peevish sense which l she cultivates until she can use it with the skill of a vivisecting operator the disagreeable woman never flirts to 8 flirt she should deny herself for a while c at least the delight of her being unpleas ant attd such a sacrifice she is never prepared to make in the bosom ot her family as it is called sho is a sore thorn a when she loaves the parent nest she is v not improved . a colored witness was examined in a f washington city court to prove the idett 1 t it v of a white man tho other day a district attorney did you see the f until !" yes sir i seed him i f was be ft white man ?" ' don't know sir !" district attorney do yon tell me - you snw tbe man and can't say whether he was white or black '." | yes sir 1 sped bim but dares so â– j many white fellers oallin dembelvea niggers round here i can't tell one from < lod'er i , , witness dismissed explanation batiss â€¢ factory as good as wheat unbies resemble wheal in many respects firstly neither arc g"otl for much till they arrive at ma , turity ; secondly â€” both are bred in the l house nnd also the flower of the family i ! thirdly both havo tube oradled fourth . y â€” both arc generaly well thrashed be fore tbey tire done with . hon a 0 hunt bus been appointed governor of colorado territory vice t ; i'uiiiminga resigned news of the day . from washington waihlngton may 10 a ksir fur southern i relief was in progress during the past week witl a irofil of beiweon t lire and four thousand j dollars llevenuo receipts yesterday fouo.ooo ami for 1 ibe week 5no,000 tbe week's dinburssipentb of tho war i j partition are 44*5,000 of the navy 811,000 oflhe interior f*0.000 tbe national bank circulation is ijejos 050,000 chief justice chase will preside st tbe cir cuit court of north carolina commencing june 6 chief justice chase bss nominated rsgittci ' in bankruptcy for louisiana ami uaorgia bul j as ilm nominations rtuuire eunll nation by the district judges the names am withheld he has instructed the district judges lhat in case local objections exist lo lhe nominees to rajecl tlie 11 tie sickles has been brevctpil mÂ«j general in the regular army for gulantrv at i meritorious services the l'resideitt lias recognized joseph muguste hughes i'.iileoiu as cousular agent ol france at mobile the delay in the attorney general's instruc tions regarding the military bills has l n oc casioned by the reception of very tunny letters from lite south pointing out cases liable to be affected and asking for advice and information it is the object of the administration lo cover the whole ground and al every step new issues and perplexing tjuestions have arisen il is now thought that the work is complete a private letter from a high officer in gen j siekles district ssys : ah is quiet in this do 1 main no riots bul tranquility order and con cord prevail distinguished persons in richmond richmond may 10 â€” generals iranl thom as and dent arrived here yesterday from wash ingtou and lisiled lhe bailie fields around rich nn nd they go to fortress monroe to-mor row wlieie general grant will leave his family und return lo l astingtot hon mr randall gen patterson of phila delphia and a party of twemy from tlie same city arrived here lo-day from a tour through the iniii ral region of southwestern virginia oo foreign news london may 19 p rn â€” the turks claim a great victory over the cretans in the recent i balllees paris may 10 â€” the corps i.ejislatitt oppose lhe emperoi's proposed army bill o mexican news washington may 10 â€” the mexican minis ter has the following otlicial report of negotia tions between lhe imperialists and liberals da led april 21st yesterday a german princess the wife of one i of maxiunllian's aids presented herself at gen diaz's headquarters she proposed disbauding lhe austrian and b-lgian corps on a guarantee of the lives of its members wilh permission to return home she also solicited a guarantee for â€¢ maximiiliau's life with reference to the 6rsi | point diaz replied that he was disposed to en lertain such proposals but be had no power to pardon maximiliian the report continues that n , thing of note is occurring during to-day â€” i we have occasional change of shots on lhe arrival of our mortars should lhe city nol hare surrendeied we shall open our bateries upon it and pu-li hostilities ligorously another report signed by gen benaridii commanding before vera cruz dated april 26 savs lhat the austrian aud belgian corps has disbanded and is now uuder the protection of the prussian ting h southern relief new vork may 10 theclerks in the post ; office have given six hundred and fifty dollars to the ladies soulhern relief association â€” -Â»â€¢â™¦- washington may ig â€” f.lliott c cowdin a silk merchant of new york has been appointed commissioner lo the paris exposition custom house receipts from the 1st to 1 1 tli i of may were 5 117,000 in the supreme courl in lhe case of tbe slale of texas is white and others to prevent the ale of certain bonds an injunction was granted i with leave to lhe defendants to inoie to dissolve ' lhe injunction al lhe next term the mississippi amended bill was dism --- : fur want of jurisdiction the court was equal ly divided tn the question of jurisdiction i bis action closes tbe injunction proceedings now be fore the curt after promulgating certaio rules forms sod proceeding in bankruptcy the court adjourned to decern tier the french government has bought duodar burg for thee millions revenue receipts to-day 1296,000 a cnctilar from gen howard stales that re p,.iis sh nv an iocreaseol intemperauc unoog the negroes jos ii s.huremiin a negro m â€” ' _* ' " the comptroller's oliice has bean srrssted cl irged i.ilh forgery and lhe stealing of 12,000 bom the first nan mil hunk of jersey city snd a lot of stationery from the i oliice from ni w york new york may 18 hon jefferson davis slopped at the new york ll 1.1 judgl v-.ll hen wood and others called he avoids at racting pul i .- attention aud declines to com iininieiiie willi reporters abraham mcfarlaod for over twenty years connected with ibe commercial advertiser is dead the teller of the central bank has defaulted for 160,000 his b indimen and v n is make lhe i auk whole electionfor bishop augusta ga may 10 â€” the florida episco pal i onveolion baa cboaes doctor freeman i.'ii ii lt of trinity church new york as linh i op of that slate lo succeed tbe late hishop . rntledge i alore limes new orleans may 16 â€” there was consider able di-.iiirl.ance among the negroes on the l-*v,*e to-day amounting almost to a riot two po noil ner.i badly injused in endeavoring to . revenl tbe npgroei fi nn a in .'.. the rnilit iry ... isordered oui to aid the police the i'ullow ing i-a paragraph from an order issued by iun * mower to-day the united stales government if necessary i : protect you through ibe military bul you will not be protected in wrong-doing at a rnteting in qalveatoo yesterday a na . gro ipealter wai drawing offensive comparisooa between llie races and was inlerupted l,y a^uni t states toldier when indiscriminate shooting commenced a majority of the negroes appear 1 to he arm markets and financial new york may 16 p m â€” colton â€” sales of 1900 hales .-^ ,_ ; il flour dull slale sl ial 4.30 southern mixed to stood sil;-; caols for license csusss on tbo tits circuit will be called second week â€” fifth and second circuits tit ir,l it il knur it u n i sixth " fourth week seventh 3c eighth " fifth week third â– m > senator doolittle aud non sailed by saturday's steamer for st petersburg vx i great bi itain sir hypolite i.i fontaine bart the last barouot ol royal parent in canada died nt his residence in montreal on fri day